City's Tiniest Studio

The Prokops hold a tape measure across their tiny Manhattan apartment. The couple has come up with a creative lifestyle to fit into their microstudio apartment.

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Zaarath and Christopher Prokop — and their two cats — live in the smallest apartment in the city, a 175-square-foot “microstudio” in Morningside Heights that the couple bought three months ago for $150,000. At 14.9 feet long and 10 feet wide, it’s about as narrow as a subway car and as claustrophobic as a jail cell. But to the Prokops, it’s a castle.

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The couple stores clothes in their cabinets, instead of pots and pans. Instead, they eat out.

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The bathroom is tiny, barely spanning three feet.

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A cabinet holds several containers of espresso for their only kitchen appliance, a cappuccino maker.

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A converted desk acts as a wine rack and minibar, helping to store the bottles that Christopher Prokop can buy at a discounted price because of his job as a distributor. Their small TV is mounted on the wall next to it.

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The co-op is on the 16th floor of a doorman building on 110th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue. But it’s only accessible by a staircase on the 15th floor.

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A storage unit doubles as a seating area.

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Christopher, 35, and Zaarath, 37, pop open a bottle of champagne.

Angel Chevrestt

Zaarath and Christopher Prokop — and their two cats — live in the smallest apartment in the city, a 175-square-foot “microstudio” in Morningside Heights that they bought three months ago for $150,000.